66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
BALKAN SURVEY: The Films

Slovenia 2003 91 35mm Colour
The film centres on the existential crisis of a 30-year-old woman. Dusha is a dance instructor who is searching for a way out of her solitude. The emotional impasse she is facing is caused to a large degree by those close to her: her despotic mother, her absent father, and her married lover with whose child she is pregnant. The appearance of a strange young admirer will help her to mature, reawakening in her a sense of optimism and helping her to look forward to the future. A hopeful, contemporary story, it is based on a clever screenplay that keeps the viewer enthralled to the very end.